Bullet.



PATENTBD MAY 28. 1902. H. L. BROAD.

v BULLET.v APPLICATION PILBDIAPLMQOL Urrn srl- 'ras PATENT orrrpon.

- Il .XRRY l-. BROAD, Oli` ALPENA, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-SIXTH TO' GEORGE F. MGRAE, ONE-SIXTH TO JOHN F. EALES, AND ONE-SIXTH T() ALLEN M. IGALICS, ALL OF ALPENA. MICHIGAN.

BULLET- i Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented may 28, 1907.

Appliciiiimi ned April 1,1907. serial No. 365,781.

l As best shown in lFi s. 2 tol4, my novel Be it known that l, llamar L. Buoni, a l bullet B comprises a bo( y a and an expander b, the body being of comparativelysoft macitizen ofthe lnited States, residing at Alpena, in the county o! Alpena and State of \zlichigan, have inventeiL rw and useful Improvements in Bullets, of which ing is a specification..

My invention pertains to projectiles, and

. more particularly to projectiles or bullets for use in the cartridges of rifles and other-firearms of high velocity g andit has for its object to provide a projectile or bullet einbodying such a construction that when fired at high velocity it is not liablev to be deflected from its course by twigs, brush or the like, and vet it is adapted on striking a substantial object to expand and thereby tear a hole much larger than its original diameter. i

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be appreciated from the following description and claims when the same are read in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a view of a rifle cartridge provided with, a bullet constructed in accordance -with my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal central seetion of the bullet`,re moved. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken in the plane indicated by theline 31e-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view oi' the steel expander of the bullet as the same appears when removed from the comparatively `soft body of the bullet. Fig. 5 is a view of the bullet showing the manner in which the same is expanded when it strikes a hard objecll.

Similar letters of reference designate cor.

responding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

. In Fig. l A is the shell of a cartridge, which may be of any construction compatible with my invention, and in Figs. 1 to 5 B is the bullet constituting the present and preferred embodiment of my invention.

At,this point I desire it understoodithat` the term bullet as hereinafter employed is'intended to comprehend projectiles such as employed in fire-arms as well as proj ectils of larger caliber, and this notwithstanding the.

fact that my novel bullet is more particularly designed to be fired from sporting rifles-1i, e., rifles employed in hunting game, of velocity. i

the follow- 4rial having an inturned flange d at its forterial as is essential to the purpose of my invention. The body a is preferably formed with a jacket e of copper or equivalent mateward end, and a filling e, of lead or other suitable metal larranged in the jacket and having i areaiwardly tapered socket f in its forward portion and also having a chamber g slightly inre'ar of the said tapered socket. Preferably thechamber g is formed in the rear end of the filli'n'gfe, and the rear end of the said 'chamber is closed bythe end wall of the jacket c, as

clearly shown 2. The expander b is in the form of a' tapered body, preferably of steel, and is provided adjacent to its forward blunt end with a circumferential groove h. The said expander b is disposed in the tapered socket f of filling e, and the flange d of the jacket c is turned into the said groove h of the expander, whereby it will be apparent that normally the expander will be securely held in the body a of the bullet.

By virtue of the construction described in theforegoing, it will be noted that novel bullet when fired froi'n a rifle of high-velocity is not liable to be delieeted fromits course by twigs, brush or similar objects that it encounters. that when the bullet strikes a hard object, the blunt forward end of the expander b will strike first, with the result that the expander operating after the manner of a wedge Will spread the forward portion of the body a outward, and by cooperating with the air cham 9o ber g will cause the rear portion of said body a to spread outward. From this it follows that as the bullet asses through the object encountered it will than the original diameter ol the bullet. y

The forward portion of the body a is ex panded in the manner stated'by the expander b cooperating with the copperjjacket c, while the base-or rearjportio'n of the bullet jac et is "split by theexpaden coperatmg with the chamber g inthe rear portion otthe .A l l It will be understood, howeverf' tear a hole muchlarger is slpread and the '-rear'portionv of thecopper Ico W5 V. possessed by my novel bullet l simple and compact in construction and may be easily and cheaply produced.

The construction herein shown and ldescribed constitutes the best means knownto l lne for carryln out my invention, and is pref inturned flange at its forward. end, a h ling ferr'ed for suc 1 reason. I desire it understood, howeven that in practice such changes or modifications may be made as do not in volve departure from the scope of my invention as defined in the claims appended.. For instance the'bullet B may have a square forward end, 'as shown, ora round forward end, and when desired a.-Vshaped notch may be formed across the forward end with a view of assisting in the spreading of the bullet when the same brings up against an object.

Having described my invention, what l `claim and desir'e to secure by Letters-Patent,

.1. A bullet comprising a jacket having an 1 eis/w23 expander arranged in the filling with its 'blunt end foremost and having `a eircumfer ential groove adjacent to said end receiving the intnrned flange of the jacket.

2. A bullet comprising a jacket havin an arranged in the jacket and having a rear wardlytapered socket in its forward portion and an air chamber in rear of said socket, and a eonraratively hard, `tapered expander ar ranged in the tapered socket of the filling with its blunt end foremost and having a circuinferential groove adjacent to said end receiving the inturned flange at the forward end of the jacket.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witmesses.

HARRY L. BROAD. Witnesses:

E. H. TOLAND, MicnL OBRIEN. 

